追肥
zhuī​féi

top-dressing

追 zhuī pursue

Phonosemantic compound. 辶 represents the meaning and 𠂤 represents the sound.

Components

辶
辶 Meaning component
chuò walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

𠂤
𠂤 Sound component
duī mound

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Spring and Autumn ~700 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Warring States ~400 BC
Seal form
Seal Qin 221-206 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 2 verified)

槌缒

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttrwijtruj pursue

說文解字

逐也。从辵𠂤聲。

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

肥 féi fat

Depicts a person (卩) with extra flesh (肉) on their body.

Components

⺼
⺼ Iconic component
ròu meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

卩
卩 Iconic component
jié person kneeling

Modern form looks like 巴.

Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 卩 than it was in ancient scripts.

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

淝

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartbj+j[b][ə]r fat (adj.)

說文解字

《說文》：“肥，多肉也。从肉，从卪。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)